Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-30

Sanskrit characters the word hammam."
l have seen the same word in Roman let
tiers upon the dead of San Francisco
and on rocks as far inland as Redding,
but with the usual American eye to bust
ness the price of the bath is there given,
while here the simple word is alone. Kobo
Daishl is said to have written. or rather
made 1t by throwing his pen at the rock,
and 1t is certainly more comprehensive
than the mark that other religious man,
Martin Luther, made when he threw his
Whole ink bottle. / am growing wesry of
kobo Daishi. He pops up everywhere
like Aenophon's parasongs, but without
giving the pleasure that those ubiquitous
mllestVnes used TO give in my old Greek
lesson days.
Speaking of baths reminds me that
promised myself the pleasure of telling
you how the bath here at Kanaya's house
is heated. The arrangement is so simple
and inexpensive that anyone of our Cali
forDla mountain houses can have the lux
ury OF warm, full tuo OF water without
the trouble OF carrying from the stove.
Any tub will do; here it is long and deep
and made of wood. The water runs into
the tub through a trough from the spring
on the hillside. At one end is a tube of
thin iron about six inches in diameter it
stands upright, being fastened to the floor
OF the tub; this tube has an iron bottom
and little crate of live charcoal is let
down into it and a cover mot tight put
over the top, which, of course, must come
above the top of the tub beyond the reach
OF high water. The water being let into
the tub closes around this inclosed fire, and
in few minutes is very hot. A little
charcoal only is needed. Ingenuity can
possibly devise better means than | have
described, but the idea of putting the fire
in the water instead of water on the SIRE is
good one to be remembered, and that
little charcoal holds a great amount of
heat
Yo YAMA
(Iama means mountain) is a high lone
peak which is reached by one of the rough
est paths Imaginable, the upper part of
the ascent being about perpendicular over
mass of powders and brush. A little
house and shrine are at the summit and
from them a wonderfully far-reaching
view can be had. Far below runs the
Inari, and farther yet the Daiya river.
Dark, black in the distance winds the mag
nifcent wall OF cryptomeria, marking the
road from Nikko. The hills slope down as
if drawn away, like curtains, 10 give view
of broad plain cut by water courses
bIo"h iuSSeu pcdho anu sHdueu DllloWS VI
blue mountains, hiding in their hollows
Utsunomiya and many another pretty
town with musical name. Behind you,
dwarting the mountain upon which you
stand, rises the majestic Manhattan $500
feet, and the attendant monsters, Great and
Small Manage, Akangi and Niohozan,
their weather-beaten fronts streaked with
snow. The horses as well as men in trav-
cling wear straw sandals which wear out
in few hours, and have to be cast aside;
the result is that the much-frequented
mountain roads are quite covered with
these bits of plated straw, which in winter
freezing to the ground materially help the
leather-shod walker over the steep icy
tracks which other wise would be quite i'm
p2sSable.
The beautiful lake of Chinzenyi is near
here, but after tramp of twenty miles
over lce-covered mountain trails to find the
easiest entrance, found that pass closed
by the snow, and thus had my twenty
miles to do again. However, shall come
again later in the season, for the stories
told of this fishless lake have interested
me greatly.
A japanese whom met the other even
ing said to me that he always made it
ruleto tell lies to all the women he met in
travelling. As he was speaking | was
looking at roof opposite where lot of
abalone shells were shining in the last
rays OF the sun, and they, combined with
what the gentleman said, made me think
for the moment that | was in Monterey.
1t is remarkable how alike the two coun-
tries are, not only in abalone shells but in
travellers. CHARLES A. GUNNgsoN.